Linotype-machine.



W. E. BERTRAM. LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1912.

1,168,243. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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= INVENTOR M William E.Beriram. 4 @M gym ATTORNEY W.E.BERTRAM.'

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1912

1,168,243. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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To all whom it may concern:

rrno s rarn ls FPATENT WILLIAM E. BERTRAM, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR T0 INTERNATION L TYPESETTING MACHINE QOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF EW Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. BERTRAM, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Brooklymin the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification;

The present invention relates to improvements in linotype machines employing a magazine to contain the stored matrices and escapement mechanism for controlling the delivery of matrices therefrom as required, and the primary objects of this invention are to provide an improved construction which enables the magazine to be removed readily and another to be applied without disturb ing the escapement mechanism, and moreover, a continuous or unbroken passageway for the matrices past the escapement is provided, thus avoiding retarding or stopping: of the matrices, and to provide simple andimproved means'for locking the matrices at the mouthordelivery' end of the magazine and for preventing spilling of the matrices from the receiving end of the magazine when.

the magazine is removed from the machine and is being handled, as for example'durmginterchanging of the magazines.

1T0 these and other ends, the invention" consists incertain improvements, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the

novel features beingpointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification. In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a matrix adapted to be used in connection with the matrix-retaining or locking means provided by the present invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a. magazine embodying the present invention; Figs. 3 and 4 show the upper portion or matrix-receiving end of the magazine equipped with a rail which serves to prevent spilling of the matrices from this end of the magazine; Fig. 5 shows the lower or delivery end of the magazine and the cooperative escapement mechanism, the matrices being locked inthe magazine; Fig. 6 shows the mouth or delivery end of the magazine,- partly in plan and, partly in section, illustrating the manner in which the matrices are locked; Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing the lower section of the magazine swung into inoperative relation to the escapement mechanism preparatory to res Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. ii, ie-io.

Application and was, 1912. Serial No. 707,930.

moval of the magazine from the machine; Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7 showing a modified construction.-

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

In linotype machines as heretofore constructed with a removable magazine formed separately from the escapement mechanism, it has been the practice to so arrange the escapement that the matrix-engaging parts thereof project upwardly through openings in the magazine, the escapement mechanism forming only a small portion of the matrix channel, and in those constructions, the passageway for the matrices is interrupted or broken andimperfections of fit, due to imperfect workmanship or wear, it-has been found, produce shoulders or obstructions which retard or stop the matrices, thus interfering with the proper delivery of the matrices from the magazine. The presentinvention obviates the objections which have been experienced with linotype machines of this type as heretofore constructed and provides a generally improved construction whereby delivery of the matrices is insured, and moreover, the removal of one magazine from the machine and the substitution of another may be accomplished quickly and with facility.

The preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing. and will be hereinafter described in detail, but it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to the particular constructions shown, as equivalent constructions may be used in carrying the invention into practice.

In the present instance, the magazine having the channels in which the matrices are stored is'composed of two sections, an upper section 1 and a lower section 2, the matrices being received by the upper end of the section 1 from the distributing mechanism, and the matrices being delivered from the lower section 2 under the control of the escapement mechanism. In the construction shown in Figs. 2, and 57 inclusive, the lower section 2 is movably connected or related to the upper section, a pair of hinges 3 being shown in the present instance which pivotally connect the magazine sections and permit the lower section 2 to be moved to and from operative position with respect to the escapemerit mechanism while the upper sectlon of the magazine remains stationary with re-' spect to the machine. The top and bottom Escapement mechanisms of different kinds may be used in connection with the present improvements, a conventional type of es: capement mechanism being shown for example in; the present instance which embodies the member 5 which is pivoted to rock on a pin 6 and cot'perates with the upper and lower matrix-controlling pawls 7 and 8, a spring 9 acting on the escapement to normally retain the pawl 8 in position to prevent delivery of the lowermost matrix in the respective magazine channel, and a reed 10 which may be actuated as usual from the keyboard mechanism serves to operate the escapement to cause delivery of the matrices as required. The escapement mechanism, however, according to the present invention embodies a plate 11 which is in fixed relation to the escapements and to the machine frame, as compared with the magazine'which is removable with respect to the machine. This plate 11 forms a continuationof the bottom 12 of the magazine when the latter is in operative position, and said plate is provided on its upper face with matrix-guiding. grooves 13 which are continuations of'those' formed in the bottom of the magazine. As shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the hinged or movable lower section 2 of the magazine has a bottom portion 14 which, when the maga-v zine is in operative position, serves to form an uninterrupted or unbroken passageway. between the bottom 12 of the upper sectionof the magazine and the stationary plate 11 of the escapement mechanism, and in order to permit the lower magazine section 2 to be swung from an operative positlon as shown in Fig. 5 to an inoperative position as shown in Fig. 7 about the hinge 3 as an axis, and to also avoid catching of the mat rices upon the joint between the bottom l t-of the magazine section 2 and the plate 11, the;

meeting edges of the bottom 14 and the plate 11 are preferably beveled or inclined toward the direction of movement of the matrices as shown at 15. By providing a plate such as that shown at 11 and which is stationary with respect to the escapement mechanism,

the matrix-controlling pawls 7 and 8 of each escapement may extend upwardly into the matrix-guiding channels 13 of the plate; without requiring recessing'or cutting away of the side walls, these channels thus avoid-1 ing the formation of shoulders or obstructions which might tend to retard or check the movement of the matrices and cause;

faulty delivery.

As the plate 11 forms the bottom of the lower magazine section 2 while the latter is in operative'position, means is provided for lockin or holding the matrices in the lower s'ectlon of the magazine when the sameis -moved' from 1ts operative position. Preferably, the matrices are provided with transverse openings 16 which extend through the bodies thereof, and the side walls 17 and18 of the lower magazine section 2 are pro vided with pairs of apertures 19 and 20, the apertures in the lowermost row of matrices. registering substantially with the apertures 19 in the side walls of the lower magazine section while the apertures in the following or next higher row of matrices register sub stantially with the apertures v 20 in said magazine section, when the parts are in nor mal position. To lock the matrices in the lower magazine section, a pair of locking pins 21 and'22 arev preferably used, these pins being adapted-for insertion through the apertured side walls of the lower magazine'section and the apertures inthe corre-. sponding rows of matrices as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 6.5 In order to fa cilitate removal of the magazine from the machine, means is provided for holding the lower magazine section, with the mat rices locked therein, in inoperative relation to the escapement imechanism preparatory to the removal of the magazine. In the present instance, a locking bar- 23 is provided at the side of the magazine, that shown being slotted longitudinally and provided with pins 24- which guide the bar Ion-- gitudinally and secureit to the'upper maga zine section, and this bar has a bevel 25 which, when the locking bar is shifted 'in a direction toward theglower magazinesec tion' 2, engages one of the matrix-locking pins, (the .pin 22 in the present instance) and thereby supports the lower magazine. section 2' ininoperative position above the escapement mechanis'm'and in. tilted. IBlEL-T. tion to the upperma'gazine section. -A reversible pawl; 26 is preferably pivoted .to the upper magazine section 1. at 27- and. is I adapted to, cooperate with a notch 28 in the bar 23 to retain the latter, in engage-f ment; with the matrix-retaining. pin 22, an-; other notch 29 onfl'thebar cooperating with the pawl 26 to retainthe, bar in inoperative. position as shown in Fig. 2. After the matrices in the lower magazine." section have'been locked therein and said section has been, shifted from its operative. relation to the escapement mechanism, the. magazine may then be removed bodily from the machine. In order, however, to prevent spilling of matrices from the upper or re-. 1 ceiving end of the magazine, should the magazine be inverted,v a matrix-retaining rail, is provided," .therail. 30 shown in the. present; instance being provided at its ends. with arms'31which are connected to the opposite sides of the 'upper magazine section.

i'gi'esgeaa I the :pivots'32, andi the rail in the present instance is capable of performing two functions, that is to say, when it 0ccupies one position, its lower face 33 willserve as a guide to direct the matrices into their appropriate channels in the magazine, and when the rail occupies another position,- the surface 34: thereon will'cooperate with the matrices. in the magazine. to. prevent discharge thereof from this end of the magazine. rfDe'vices are provided for retaining the rail in either of said positions as desired, a" pair of catches being provided in the present'instance which may be pivot ed to the upper side of'the magazine, section 1, and these catches are adapted to cooperate with a pair of lugs or projections 36 on the rail, the: catches engaging the under sides of these lugs Or'projeCtiOns asshown'inFig. 3' when the rail occupies 'a position to guide the matrices into the magazine and-engaging theupper sidesfof-said lugs to retain the railin position. to lprevent spilling of the matrices fromthe upper or receiving end of the magazine. By using a matrix-retainingrail at theupperorreceiving end of the magazine in"connection"'with' the matrixlocking devices at the lower or delivery end of the magazine, itis obvious that-themagazines may be handled moreeasily than heretofore and without matrices therefrom.

In Fig. 8, a somewhat modified form-otthe invention is shown, the magazine being formed substantially as one section 37 having the matrix-guiding channels formed as usual in the top and bottom thereof, and the bottom of the magazine is cut away adjacent to the delivery end of the magazine to accommodate a plate 38 which occupies a fixed relationto the escapement mechanism, the plate 38, when the magazine is in position, serving as a continuation of the bottom of the magazine and is formed with channels which constitute continuations of the matrix-guiding channels in the bottom of the magazine. The escapement 39 shown is formed in one piece, it being pivoted at 40 to the lug ll at the under side of the plate 38, and the escapement has pawls or matrixcontrolling projections 42 and 43 which project into the respective matrix-guiding channel in the plate 33 to control the delivery of matrices from the magazine in the well known manner. Ihese pawls 42 and 43 of the escapement, however, are so positioned that the lowermost row of matrices at will be arrested by the escapement at a point where the bottom 45 of the removable magazine will underlie and support the upper ends of the matrices in this row, and when the locking bar 46 is inserted, it will lock the lowermost row of matrices in the magazine in such a manner that the magazine may be instantly removed from the machine without danger of spilling of interfering with the escapements and another similarly constructed magazine may be readily applied, the lowermost row of matrices assuming at once a correct relation with the escapements. What I claim is 1; In a linotype machine, the combination of a removable matrix magazine, and a relatively stationary escapement mechanism separable from but forming a part of the maga zine when in operative position, from a point above the escapement mechanism to the discharge end of the magazine.

7 2. Ina linotype machine, the combination of a removable matrix magazine, and a relatively stationary matrix-controlling escapement mechanism cooperative therewith and embodying a plate separable from the magazine and forming an uninterrupted matrix guide past the escapement mechanism when the magazine is in operative position.

3; In a linotype machine, the combination oi a removable matrix magazine having a channeled bottom for guiding the matrices, and a' relativelv stationary escapement mechanism embodying a'plate channeled to form aniininterrupted continuation of the channeled bottom of the magazine past the escapement mechanism.

j t. In a linotype machine, the combination or" a matrix magazine having a channeled matrix-guiding bottom a portion of which is cut away adjacent to the delivery mouth of the magazine, and escapement mechanism embodying a plate adapted to removably fit said cut-away portion of the magazine bottom and forming an uninterrupted continuation of the magazine bottom past the escapement mechanism, and means for preventing spilling of matrices endwise and dropping of matrices from the cut-away portion of the magazine when the latter is removed from the escapement mechanism.

5. In a linotype machine, the combination of matrix-controlling escapement mechanism, and a magazine bodily removable with respect thereto and embodying a section movable relatively to the body of the magazine to disengage the matrices in said section from the escapement mechanism.

6. In a linotype machine, the combination of matrix-controlling escapement mechanism, and a magazine bodily removable with respect thereto and embodying upper and lower sections, the lower section being shiftable relatively to the upper section to disengage the matrices therein from the escapement mechanism.

7 In a linotype machine, the combination of matrix-controlling escapementmechanism embodying a relatively stationary plate channeled to guide the matrices past the escapements, and a magazine embodying movably connected sections, one of said sections having a cut-away portion to receive said plate-andbeing shiftable relatively to said plate and the othermagazine section to disengage the matrices from the escapement mechanism. 7 V a 8. In a linot oe machine, the combination of matrix-controlling escapement mechanism, and a removable magazine embodying sections one of which is shiftable relatively to the other to disengage the matrices from the escapement mechanism, and means for holding said sections in shifted rela-tion. f r 9. In a linotype machine, the combination of a matrix magazine having its bottom cutaway adjacent to the .delivery end thereof, matrices. having aperturesextending trans-. versely therethrough, and a removable locking rod adapted for insertion through said apertures in the matrices and cooperative with the magazine, to support and lock the matrices opposite to the cut-away portion of the magazine. a

10. In a linotype machine, the combina-v tion of a matrix magazine embodying movably connected sections, means for locking the matrices in the magazine, and means controlled by said matrix-locking. means for holding the magazine sections in inoperative relation. 7 1

11. In a linotype machine,the combination of relatively stationary escapement Gep ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

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messes mechanism,- a matrix magazine embodying relatively shift able sections one ofiwhich serves to carry the matrices to and from operative relation withrespect to the escapement mechanism, means for lock ng the matrices in the magazine, and means cooperative with said locking means for re-' taining one of the magazine sections in in-;

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end of the magazine and having a portion to guide the matrlces 1n enterlng the magazine when the. guard 'occupies'one position and an abutment portion to prevent spilling of the matrices when the guard occupies'another position, the guard also having aprojection, and a device arranged toengagethe opposite sides of said projection respectively.

to retain the guard in each of said positions In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-.

WILLIAM E. BERTRAM. I Witnesses: V THOMAS S. HOMANS,

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